Vocabulary
Provide three synonyms for the word "happy".
(Bonus: Name three more synonyms for the word "happy".)
Answers will vary.
(e.g. joyful, cheerful, delighted, glad, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, upbeat, jubilant, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, etc...)
(Bonus: Answers will vary.)
Name the past tense of the word "run".
(Bonus: Name the present perfect tense of the word "run".)
What is "ran"?
(Bonus: What is have/has run?)
Name the author who wrote the series The Kane Chronicles.
(Bonus: Name the number of books in this series.)
(Double Bonus: Name the titles of the books in this series.)
Who is Rick Riordan?
(Bonus: What is three?)
(Double Bonus: What are The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, and The Serpent's Shadow?)
Name a poem that contains fourteen lines.
(Bonus: Name a poet who is famous for writing this type of poem.)
What is a sonnet"?
(Bonus: Who is William Shakespeare?)
Define the literary device "foreshadowing".
What is a literary device used to give a hint of what is to come later in the story?
Provide two antonyms for the word "generous".
Answers will vary.
(e.g. stingy, greedy, inconsiderate, uncharitable, selfish, thoughtless, etc...)
Name the complete subject in the sentence: "The cat chased the mouse."
(Bonus: Name the complete predicate in the above sentence.)
What is "the cat"?
(Bonus: What is "chased the mouse"?)
Name the author of the book Charlotte's Web.
(Bonus: Name the year that Charlotte's Web was published.)
Who is E.B. White?
(Bonus: What is 1952?)
Identify the figurative language in the following line, "The wind whispered through the trees."
(Bonus: Give two more examples of this type of figurative language.)
What is personification?
(Bonus: Answers will vary.)
Name the Word Sum for <pollution>.
(Bonus: Name the part of speech of this word.)
What is <pol-> (<por->) + <lute> (replace the e) + <-ion>
(Bonus: What is a noun?)
Define the word "exaggerate".
(Bonus: Name the type of figurative language that involves exaggeration.)
What is "to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately"?
(Bonus: hyperbole)
In the sentence "She sings beautifully," name the part of speech is "beautifully".
What is an adverb?
Name the protagonist name in the book Holes by Louis Sachar.
(Bonus: Name the peculiarity of this name.)
Who is Stanley Yelnats?
(Bonus: What is the last name is the first name written backward?)
The number of lines in a limerick.
(Bonus: The rhyme scheme of a limerick.)
(Double Bonus: Name the country where the limerick originated.)
What is five?
(Bonus: What is AABBA?)
(Double Bonus: What is Ireland?)
Name the author who wrote the dystopian novel The Hunger Games.
(Bonus: Name the US State where this author was born.)
Who is Suzanne Collins?
(Bonus: What is Connecticut?)
Define the word "meticulous".
(Bonus: Name the part of speech for the word "meticulous".)
What is "taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough"?
(Bonus: adjective)
Name the difference between "its" and "it's".
(Bonus: Use "its" and "it's" correctly in a sentence.)
What is "its" is a possessive form of "it," while "it's" is a contraction of "it is"?
(Bonus: Answers will vary.)
Give the approximate number of copies sold of the books in the Harry Potter series.
What is 600 million?
Name the type of meter William Shakespeare often used in his poetry.
What is iambic pentameter?
Define an oxymoron.
(Bonus: Provide an example.)
What is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect?
(Bonus: "deafening silence", "jumbo shrimp", "only choice" etc...)
Name a word is used to describe a person who can speak multiple languages.
Correct the error in the sentence: "Neither the students nor the teacher are ready."
What is "Neither the students nor the teacher is ready?"
Name the main theme the main theme of the novel "The Giver" by Lois Lowry.
What is "the importance of memory and individuality in a controlled society?"
Name the poet who wrote "The Road Not Taken".
(Bonus: Name the number of Pulitzer Prizes won by this poet.)
Who is Robert Frost?
(Bonus: What is four?)
Name the purpose of the Newbery Medal.
(Bonus: Name the person for whom is the Newbery Medal named.)
What is to award "the author of "the most distinguished contributions to American literature for children"?
(Bonus: Who is John Newbery?)